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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

GZ Legends 56: Facing Maniac!

The lights
of a new playground sparkled ahead within easy distance of Maniac’s size. To
the 40 foot killer, it would be as easy as a 100 yard sprint. He contemplated
how he would make his entrance to create the utmost effect of sheer terror.
Perhaps he would just run in hard with his massive bulk smashing into the first
building he saw. He could clearly visualize tiny human bodies thrown into the
air in the midst of debris. The thought alone made him laugh.

He stomped
forward but slowed as he picked up life signs on his sensors. They appeared
suddenly and were close by. The asphalt in front of Maniac shifted and began to
rise. A body easily as big as the Cyborian killer, formed from the broken
ground and rose to meet him. Arms and legs of dirt and asphalt shifted in
substance to iron ore as Maniac watched with interest. Sandstorm stood,
clenched his giant iron fists and lunged forward to put one across Maniac’s
smiling grill.

Before the
blow could land, giant circular saw blades spun in each of Maniac’s shoulders.
They launched and crisscrossed through the iron ore body, shattering it to
giant pieces that fell away harmlessly.

“No way!”
Anubis’s voice was heard just before the hero’s bladed lance ricocheted off
Maniac’s head without a scratch. In order to catch up to Maniac, Galose had
teleported them again. Sandstorm wanted to make the first attack. No one knew if
he was still alive after Maniac’s counter attack.

Anubis flew
through the air and fired cosmic beams of power at Maniac’s face with one hand
while catching his lance in the other. Maniac’s response, coupled with more
eerie laughter, was instantaneous. Beams of red light shot from Maniac’s eyes
and knocked Anubis spinning through the air.

“I guess we’re
going in now!” Electrode vanished as he went into his full speed ability.

Galose
extended all the weaponry he showed on the rooftop and opened fire in an
impressive display. Electrode launched nuclear lightning blasts from all
directions as he ran wide around the giant Cyborian. Blacktide focused his
disintegration powers in a wave of blackened force at one of Maniac’s legs
while Nyhtwulf flew right into the giant’s armor. Nightfall, kept her distance
and fired her blaster. The area of dark highway was as bright as any downtown
strip as the heroes’ attacks struck Maniac’s armor. Light flashed brighter than
any fireworks display ever could.

“Aim for
its head!” Atomizer called out as Redeagle ripped a large stone from the nearby
field and threw it. As always, Redeagle’s aim was flawless. Just as the boulder
made contact with Maniac’s head, Atomizer triggered his power and made it
explode with enough force to blow a hole in the Rock of Gibralter.

The
un-nerving response was more laughter, even louder than before.

“So, you
want to play!” Maniac’s grating voice screeched in the midst of relentless
assault.

Within
Maniac’s armor, Nyhtwulf tumbled through empty space without sense of
direction. Since Cyborian armor is made of thousands of dimensional sections,
phasing through it sent Nyhtwulf on an unknown flight path of swirling darkness.
Nyhtwulf struggled to stop his flight to try and find his bearings. His
mystical senses overwhelmed as he tried to figure out which direction he should
go. He couldn’t even sense the outside world anymore. Far worse than that, he
couldn’t sense any of his friends, not even Blacktide.

Outside,
Blacktide realized his link to Nyhtwulf was lost as a burst of disintegration
energy scorched ten feet in every direction of him. Blacktide rolled backwards
into the ditch and struggled to maintain control of his powers. The old fear
surged over him that he would kill his friends and anyone else close to him.
The memory of his parents flashed in his mind. It was the time when he was just
a child, sitting at the breakfast table. It was the time when his powers
developed and killed them both in a smoky blast. With Nyhtwulf’s mental link
and friendship, Blacktide was able to control his powers like never before. Now
Blacktide wondered if his new partner was dead.

Anubis
caught himself in the air with a groan of pain. He grit his teeth at the pain
and was about to launch himself back at the fight, when he caught movement from
the corner of his eye. The two saw blades had gone out a long way and were now
on their way back. One of them was coming right at him. Anubis spun, and put
his lance in the way. The giant saw wheel threw sparks as it spun against the
blessed lance of Anubis.

“Geeze,
what’s keeping this thing spinning?” Anubis said as he was forced through the
air by the deadly weapon.

The other
blade flew toward the ground and raced at Atomizer and Redeagle. They both
dodged to either side of the blade and it shaved off some of the sole of
Redeagle’s boot.

“Are you
guys okay?” Nightfall ran to them.

Maniac kicked Galose like a small ball and shot him out into
the darkness and then turned to face the three in the field. He took a great
and deliberate step toward them.

“Oh no you
don’t!” Electrode stopped several yards behind Maniac and charged himself up. “Maybe
this will get your attention!”

Electrode
focused a channel of his lightning right between the giant’s shoulder blades.
He hit as hard as he could, holding nothing back. The glow of the attack could
be seen for miles and loud cracking could be heard just as far. Maniac paused
only for a second in the thrall of the assault before turning heel to face his
attacker. As Maniac positioned the metal palm of a hand in the path of the
attack, it took on a sinister glow of its own. The beam of return fire ripped
into the ground where Electrode stood with an ear shattering explosion. The
ground shook as much as 5 miles away. Redeagle, Atomizer and Nightfall were all
thrown to the ground. The flash could be seen far out on the Gulf of Mexico.

After the
blast, Maniac turned back toward the field. As far as he was concerned, he
still had new toys to play with.

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